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64 out of 100

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6.8 out of 10

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  • Starring: Kelly McGillis, Pat Healy, Sara Paxton
  • Summary: After over one hundred years of service, The Yankee Pedlar Inn is shutting its doors for good. The last remaining employees -Claire and Luke - are determined to uncover proof of what many believe to be one of New England's most haunted hotels. As the Inn’s final days draw near, odd guests check in as the pair of minimum wage “ghost hunters” begin to experience strange and alarming events that may ultimately cause them to be mere footnotes in the hotel’s long unexplained history. (Magnet Releasing)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26
  1. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Jesse Cataldo
    Jan 30, 2012
    88
    Winding up the tension to an almost stubborn degree, Ti West forestalls the inevitable disappointment of its release, a blow that's further softened by how immaculately the whole movie is shot.
  2. Time
    Reviewed by: Mary Pols
    Feb 9, 2012
    60
    I wanted very much for West's new movie to evoke films like "The Others" or "The Orphanage," which made me, in the moment at least, a believer in ghosts. The Innkeeper's payoff lacked that kind of oomph, and weirdly, the pairing of Luke and Claire brought movies about work relationships, like "Clerks" and "Office Space," more to mind than ghost stories.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: James Adams
    Feb 2, 2012
    38
    Admittedly, it's been a long time since Kelly McGillis was being hyped as "the next Grace Kelly." But of all the films in all the world for whom the former Top Gun lust object could have done a walk-on, this lacklustre haunted-house feature is the one she chooses?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. MegWhiteley
    10
    The Innkeepers is like an old horror film, but one of the best old horror films, the story is sorpresive, the cast, the situation, oh my god! a really scare film. The Innkeepers is a classic.… Expand
    • 2 of 4 users said yes
  2. Meritzio
    4
    There is a true lack of personality in this film, if you've never watched a horror film this may be okay for you. If you do enjoy horror's expect a heavily recycled plot complete with bad character development and extremely long and drawn out anti-climactic suspense. The two main clerks don't act like real clerks would: Sarah Paxton has an extremely poor sense of acting and you will often find lines spelt out that would never naturally come from a human mouth. Characters often spell out what they were doing as if the visuals weren't enough for us to tell what was going on. Overall the film has very poor research into human behaviour for a low budget film: Character development is an absolute vital on a low budget because the point is to rely entirely on consistent dialogue.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Beanbeanz
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So, in order to make changes to my review, I just write a new one? That's how I'm interpreting it. This movie was absolute crap! They might as well have had some dumb blond running in the woods and tripping on air while being chased, and then had to go to every scary sound she heard, because you know, when you hear a suspicious sound, you go right to it... can't people make scary movies that aren't predictable?… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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